योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-59, verse-5

अधो भूरम्बरं पृष्ठे किमपूर्वं सुखाय तु ।
मात्रास्पर्शानुसारिण्यो विवेकपदभङ्गुराः ॥ ५ ॥

adho bhūrambaraṃ pṛṣṭhe kimapūrvaṃ sukhāya tu ,
mātrāsparśānusāriṇyo vivekapadabhaṅgurāḥ 5

5. adhaḥ bhūḥ ambaram pṛṣṭhe kim apūrvam sukhāya
tu mātrāsparśānuśāriṇyaḥ vivekapadabhaṅgurāḥ

5. bhūḥ adhaḥ,
ambaram pṛṣṭhe.
sukhāya kim tu apūrvam? mātrāsparśānuśāriṇyaḥ vivekapadabhaṅgurāḥ (bhavanti).

5. The earth is below, the sky is above. What truly new happiness is there indeed? Experiences that arise from sensory contact are fragile and crumble when confronted by discrimination (viveka).

Words meanings summery:

• अधः (adhaḥ) - below, down, underneath

• भूः (bhūḥ) - the earth, ground, land

• अम्बरम् (ambaram) - the sky (the sky, atmosphere; clothing)

• पृष्ठे (pṛṣṭhe) - on the back, behind; on the surface

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• अपूर्वम् (apūrvam) - unprecedented, new, novel, unique

• सुखाय (sukhāya) - for happiness, for joy

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed, however

• मात्रास्पर्शानुशारिण्यः (mātrāsparśānuśāriṇyaḥ) - following sensory contacts, related to contact of senses with objects

• विवेकपदभङ्गुराः (vivekapadabhaṅgurāḥ) - perishable due to discrimination (viveka), fragile to the state of discrimination

Words meanings and morphology

अधः (adhaḥ) - below, down, underneath

(indeclinable)

भूः (bhūḥ) - the earth, ground, land

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, place

अम्बरम् (ambaram) - the sky (the sky, atmosphere; clothing)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere; clothing, garment

पृष्ठे (pṛṣṭhe) - on the back, behind; on the surface

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pṛṣṭha

pṛṣṭha - back, rear, surface, top

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, whether

अपूर्वम् (apūrvam) - unprecedented, new, novel, unique

(adjective)

neuter, singular of apūrva

apūrva - unprecedented, new, novel, unique

सुखाय (sukhāya) - for happiness, for joy

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

मात्रास्पर्शानुशारिण्यः (mātrāsparśānuśāriṇyaḥ) - following sensory contacts, related to contact of senses with objects

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mātrāsparśānuśāriṇī

mātrāsparśānuśāriṇī - following sensory contacts, related to contact of senses with objects (fem. form of mātrāsparśānuśārin)

विवेकपदभङ्गुराः (vivekapadabhaṅgurāḥ) - perishable due to discrimination (viveka), fragile to the state of discrimination

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vivekapadabhaṅgurā

vivekapadabhaṅgurā - perishable due to discrimination (fem. form of vivekapadabhaṅgura)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viveka+pada+bhaṅgura)

• viveka – discrimination, discernment, judgment
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vic (class 7)
• pada – foot, step, state, position, word
  noun (neuter)
• bhaṅgura – perishable, fragile, breakable
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: bhañj (class 7)